The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-24
THE DAILY NEWS
HILL ON POLITICS.
The New York Governor Tells n story OF
Tilden.

The New York Governor Tells n story Of
TIlden.
New York Tribune
Governor, do you enjoy the game OF
politics.
Intensely. 1t is exceedingly fascinat-
ing to me. The very things that ,aake
1t wearing and exciting make it delight
fai. l have always enjoy ed politics;
though 1 haven't always so much en-
Joyed the fortunes o. the game, if you
choose thus to designate it. In politics
as in war, victory is rot always to the
strong. The man who has the best of
the argument, whose principles and mo-
tives ace best, does not always win the
most votes. Eternal vigilance is tfe
price of success i'm politics. A man must
not think of his own contentment-"
DO you mean of his own personal
comfort Governor"
The Governor smiled, and the crank
that turns on his cold began to work
again, but he finally replied: Perhaps
we won't use just that phrase. l mean
1T is not bed of roses. A man must
not rest for sleep or food. He must keep
at il. On one side of him is a crowd of
men pulling him down, digging q tunnel
under him. They begin to dig far OUT of
his sight. If he doesn't look sharp the
ground will soon begin to tumble around
Ht IL iiIlu tiIiiStlI tI1IOinDttI De-
fore he knows what caused his fall On
the other side are his friends trying to
pull him up. Sometimes mans friends
do more harm than his foes. Politics is
great science, but it takes a mans en-
tire faculties To understand it we'll"
What do you think of the situation
for 1857
The Governors cold became alarm
lngiy severe, but he managed to reply
that he never poached on another man 5
preserves.
We'll, then. of the situation i'm New
York;
1T is quiet, but we have the advan-
tage."
lis there much friction in your party?'
Very little. | never knew the rival
organizations in New York city so calm
and fraternal. III they have any jealous
les and troubles they keep them to them
selves and do not longer thrust them
into State or national politics to the peril
of the common cause. / have never had
the slightest difficulty down there. The
Senators and Assemblymen when they
come here sustain each other so that you
couldn't possibly tell a County Democ-
racy from Tammany man. The situa-
ton almost bellies something l once
heard MIR. Tilden say. Did you ever
hear the old mans reflections on har-
mony in politics.
mot that remember"
well, one day in the early part of
1890, and before the national conven-
tions. while there was q great deal of
talk for and against the old ticket l
was down in New York with friend of
mine from Elmira. He had never met
MIR. Tilden, whom he justly regarded as
very great man, and he besOught me
to present him to the sage. So took
him around to the house in Gramercy
Park, and we sent in our cards. Pres
emily we felt rather than heard that soft,
cat-lIke rustic which betOkened the old
mans approach. went forward with
my friend and presented him. Mr.. Til
den looked him over and then quietly
squatted down in his chair. He didn't
ask us to be seated, for, cor.fidentially
speaking, the old mans manners never
were his strong point. But his sitting
was "a signal for us to do the same. My
friend thought, of course, that he must
show off his acute knowledge of the sit
uation, and so he began:
What pity il is, Mr.. Tilden, that we
can't have more harmony in our party?"
The sage looked at my friend almost
contemptuously. Then ::he family said:
DO you expect harmony in politics."
why, yes, to an extent, mt least"
''The old man hitched his chair up
closer, thrust his mouth to my friends
ear and whispered:
You might as well look for peace in
A.